I read from all sources that folic acid is an important supplement in early pregnancy to avoid neural defects in the baby. I spoke with a friend who is a doctor, and he advised me to begin taking it immediately, and I have already started.

Apart from that he doesn't think I need to do anything at all about the pregnancy just yet. Just keep going as usual, keep taking the folic acid and things should be fine at this stage. He says that I should go for an ultrasound scan anytime soon after the 8th week. So I will do that. Right now, I'm into my 6th week. That's a seventh of my pregnancy done without even feeling pregnant.

I went for a proper urine pregnancy test at our local laboratory today, and it confirmed that faint positive with a printed report that says the same. So yes, I am now officially pregnant. Not bad for a first try. After reading all the articles on the net, I hadn't thought it would be so easy.

My baby is now an embryo and supposed to be about a seventeenth of an inch long, which isn't really long at all. The surprising part is that its is now that the pregnancy symptoms should really be hitting me, and absolutely nothing is happening except for very smelly stools once in a while. This is something I should be thankful for I guess, after reading the countless reports of morning sickness misery that abound.

But really, there are no symptoms at all. The breast tenderness is there, as it was right from the beginning, even before I missed my period. But apart from that - nothing at all. No dissiness, no nausea, no increased hunger, no increased urination (but I drink a lot and pee a lot normally too, so I don't know if it could possibly increase), no particular cravings except for that one moody bout of exploring different tastes that I wrote about last week.

I am sleeping soundly, waking up as usual, and honestly, I don't really feel particularly pregnant, except for a "different" feeling vaguely in the lower stomach area, which could really be anything and not even the pregnancy. It could even be my imagination.

So far, so good.